Morung Express News
Yanglok (Longleng) | May 10
Yanglok (Longleng) | May 10
Voting at Polling Station 1, Ladiagarh under 49 Tamlu A/C was conducted peacefully on May 10, with a voter turnout of 58.61 percent. There are 302 registered voters at the Ladiagarh Polling Station 1 and the polling was conducted at a makeshift polling station, a few hundred meters away from Yanglok village.
The Nagaland state government deployed a large number of security forces in order to thwart any eventualities. It is reported that three companies of the IRB were deployed. High ranking officials from the police, led by a senior officer in the rank of an IGP along with two DIGs were stationed at Yanglok village to monitor the whole security system. The IRB jawans were deployed for peripheral security while regular Nagaland police personnel provided security in and around the polling station.
There were some voters from Ladiagarh who claimed that Assam Police tried to prevent them from going to the polling station and that they had to slip through the jungle. While the polls were held peacefully, whether it was held in a fair manner is up for conjecture. Many were seen casting proxy votes, some even to the tune of ten times.
The conduct of elections at PS 1, 49 Tamlu A/C is seen as a victory for the voters in the area, as Assam Police had earlier prevented the voters from exercising their franchise during the April 9 polls. Assam Police had refused to vacate the designated polling station – the LP School in Ladiagarh.
Meanwhile, re-polling in 2- Akhakhu, and 25- Naltoqa concluded peacefully with voter turnouts of 31.25% and 41.37% respectively. The overall turnout in all three polling stations was recorded at 43.74 per cent.
